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The comeback of former WBO light heavyweight titleholder Nathan Cleverly, scheduled for this Saturday at the Copper Box Arena, London, England, is off after the Welshman suffered a back injury. The bout was to be Cleverly’s first in the cruiserweight division.

Former WBO light heavyweight titleholder Nathan Cleverly contemplated retirement after suffering a fourth-round stoppage to Sergey Kovalev in August, but the 26-year-old Welshman has decided to continue his boxing career as a cruiserweight.

The WBO middleweight title bout between unbeaten beltholder Peter Quillin and Gabriel Rosado was officially added as the co-feature to the Bernard Hopkins-Karo Murat fight on Oct. 26 in Atlantic City, N.J. Rosado is undefeated in New Jersey.

After losing his title to Sergey Kovalev last month, a stunned Nathan Cleverly was talking about retirement. After clearing his head a bit, the Welshman now has a different focus: getting his belt back from the man who took it.

In part 2 of this in-depth interview, promoter Eddie Hearn discusses the upcoming heavyweight clash between David Haye and Tyson Fury, Nathan Cleverly’s fall from grace, plus the possibility of matching welterweight Kell Brook against a certain outspoken bloke from Cincinnati, and more.

Nathan Cleverly, dethroned and utterly dejected, says he will spend the next month or two putting the feet up and weighing his long-term options — including the possibility of retiring at the age of 26.

It was a battle to keep the ‘0’ in Cardiff, Wales, and Sergey Kovalev came out on top with a fourth-round demolition of Nathan Cleverly to remain undefeated and claim the WBO light heavyweight title. Photos by Scott Heavey-Gettyimages.

Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev brutally dethroned WBO light heavyweight titleholder Nathan Cleverly in the fourth round of a fight that left the home crowd at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales in stunned silence. Stephen Smith and Enzo Maccarinelli scored sensational knockouts on the undercard.